The Canadian Northern Railway built their Cherrywood Station in 1910 while construction on their line to Ottawa was progressing eastward through the area. It followed a standard design that was widely used by the Canadian Northern in rural areas along its system of railway lines, as it included a second floor that contained the station agent’s living quarters. It was located on a sideroad which no longer exists between Altona Road and Scarborough-Pickering Townline. It was far outside any established communities and likely served very few passengers in its lifetime. Railroads at the time used a system called Train Order Operation that required manned stations at regular intervals along the line, they were used to maintain a system of communication to train crews through telegraph keys managed by each station agent. This was likely the primary purpose of Cherrywood station given its distance from any established settlements. The first train came west from Trenton on October 9th, 1911, and service to Ottawa was made available in 1913.
The station and the line it resided on did not last particularly long. After Canadian Northern was nationalized, it and the Grand Trunk Railway were merged into newly-formed Canadian National in 1923. The Grand Trunk line was chosen as the superior route, as the Canadian Northern was essentially a duplicate as far as Napanee. As a result the Canadian Northern line was gradually abandoned over time. One of the earliest sections to be abandoned was the segment between Todmorden and Greenwood in 1926, which included Cherrywood. Canadian National was authorized to remove the station agent at Cherrywood on August 19th, 1925, and Canadian National began offering contracts for the station’s disposal on September 1st, 1927. The station was torn down a short time afterward and the surrounding area has been reclaimed by wilderness.
A circa 1910 postcard of Cherrywood Station, still under construction though nearing completion when this photo was taken. The line would open to passenger trains the following year. Courtesy of the Ross Gray Collection. 
Now a few years after the opening of the station, an unidentified woman is posing for this 1913 photograph. A set of unique Canadian Northern order boards have been attached to the canopy over the station master’s office. Courtesy of the Ross Gray Collection.
Condensed Station Info:
| Location: | Served By: | Current State: | Date Built: | Date Demolished: |
| North of Finch Ave | Canadian Northern (1911 – 1919) Canadian National (1919 – 1926) | Demolished | 1910 | 1927 |